Last night was topping off the oil at a service station and the hose that connects from the engine up to the oil filler cap thing broke right in the middle, halfway between the motor and the filler cap! I was 75 miles from home on my way back from the airport and used some duct tape to connect the two halves together. I was really easy on the throttle the whole way home, checked it every 15 miles or so, and nothing leaked. Now the question is....I know I need a new part ASAP, but it seems strange that the hose is so thick but the actual internal area for the oil to flow through seed very small. Does the oil actually flow through this hose and through that oil reservoir filler thing while running the motor? Can I possibly get by with duct tape for a little while (weekend thru tues) until the new part arrives? I think I can handle the install job but it doesn't look like a part I'm going to find at Kragen or some other general auto parts place. Any suggestions on how critical this is to fix before driving the car at all? BTW the oil pressure was at the top of the gauge the whole ride home except at stop lights. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

 

I don't think oil flows through this hose while the engine is running, but I would replace asap.

 

The hose you mention is the oil fill hose p/n 928 107 331 01 ( if it runs down the front of the engine into the sump/oil pan).
Absolutely no pressure on this line, so as long as you've secured it well (with a duct tape bandage), you'll be OK for a couple of days.
Any of the Big Three can help you out.

 

Thanks for the info, thats reassuring! its actually the hose that connects to the top of the filler cap and runs back under the manifold and down. Its not the one from the bottom of the filler reservoir towards the front of the motor.

 

That would be the line that returns the blow by to the engine intake.

No pressure, and basicly no vacuum on it. (The vacuum is what ever is created by the AFM and the air filter, basicly none)

Deal with it like it is basicly a large vacuum line. Because thats what it is.

 

You don't really want to replace that three way hose, taking the plenum off is a major job, read David Chamberland's write up first.

A much easier option for the time being is to simply repair the hose with a union and a pair of hose clips, that will take ten mniutes compared with ten hours or more for the proper repair, plus you'll get suckered in by the "While You're At It Syndrome", and then the car will be off the road for days or weeks.

 

He has an 80. Diffrent style of intake. The "spider." Things are much easyer with this version of the intake.

The hose goes down to a metal 90 degree elbow. The elbow is bolted to the intake underneath the throtal body. On my car, the hose is attached to the elbow with a hose clamp. You can JUST get in there with a flexable screw driver. Remove the hose clamp, and the hose. The installation is the reverse.

 

Oops! Sorry, didn't notice the year of your car.